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PH 575 Introduction to Solid State Physics, 3 credits, Spring 2019
Announcements
5/12/2019
The first part of hwk 5 has been posted.
5/6/2019
The final exam will be held at the advertised time of Thursday June 13 in Weniger 304. Please bring a prepared sheet of notes, one side of one 8.5 x 11“ paper.
Old Announcements
Week 1
| Day | Topic | Reading | Assignments |
| 1 | Mon 4/1 | Review of complex numbers (PH grad students taking comp exam may request a repeat) | Worksheets & articles | Quiz_1 |
| 2 | Wed 4/3 | General discussion of course & admin. Set up key questions: How electrons are distributed in space, energy and momentum. Starting point: Atomic orbitals of hydrogen atom. | Sutton Ch1, pp. 9-20 | HW#1 |
| see L1 | Fri 4/5 | Review of QM operators, bras, kets; finish Quiz 1; Linear superpositions of orbitals. Example: Y11,Y10,Y1-1; px,py,pz, and representing Lz | - | Browse the "The Orbitron" site |
Week 2
| Day | Topic | Reading | Assignments |
| 4 | Mon 4/8 | Homonuclear diatomic molecule. Linear combinations of atomic orbitals, matrix representation, on-site energy, hopping energy, overlap integral. | S: Ch. 2, pp. 25-35 | - |
| 5 | Wed 4/10 | Review homonuclear diatomic molecule. Heteronuclear diatomic molecule. Sigma and pi bonds | S: Ch. 2, pp. 25-35 | hw1 due; HW#2 |
| 6 | Fri 4/12 | Homonuclear chain, energies, molecular orbitals | S: Ch. 3, pp. 38-52 | - |
Week 3
| Day | Topic | Reading | Assignments |
| 7 | Mon 4/15 &16 | Homonuclear chain, 1-d Brillioun zone, dispersion relation. | S: Ch. 3, pp. 38-52, (K:Ch2);(A&M:Ch5) | MO coefficients worksheet |
| 8 | Wed 4/17 | k-space; 2D & 3D square lattice dispersion | Ch. 4, pp. 74-80 | Dispersion triangular lattice |
| 9 | Fri 4/19 | 2&3D cont'd, Bloch functions, Fermi energy, density of states 1,2,3-D | S: Ch 3 pp.47-49; p 55, Ch.4 pp 88-92 | hw 2 due; HW #3 |
Week 4
| Day | Topic | Reading | Assignments |
| 10 | Mon 4/22 | Density of States 1D | S: Ch5, pp. 58-72, pp. 88-92 | - |
| 11 | Wed 4/24 | Density of States, 2D | S: Ch5, pp. 58-72, pp. 88-92; | - |
| 12 | Fri 4/26 | Open MX work session | OpenMX tutorial | - |
Week 5
| Day | Topic | Reading | Assignments |
| 13 | Mon 4/29 | Basic crystallography | K: Ch.1-2 (not all!); S: pp. 77-80 | Crystal lattice worksheet |
| 14 | Wed 5/1 | Multiple bands, velocity, Effective mass; m* worksheet | S: Ch5, pp. 101-111; S: Ch5, pp. 80-86 | hw 3 due HW #4 |
| 15 | Fri 5/3 | Midterm 1 | All material up to and including week 4 | - |
Week 6
| Day | Topic | Reading | Assignments |
| 16 | Mon 5/6 | Review midterm. Doping in Si (Si:P, Si:B), electrons, holes | S: Ch5, pp. 80-86 | - |
| 17 | Wed 5/8 | Complete electrons, holes. Free electron theory, electronic properties | S: Ch. 8, pp. 158-162, K: Ch. 6 | - |
| 18 | Fri 5/10 | Free electron theory, optical properties | assign reading | hw 4 due;Hwk 5 |
Week 7
| Day | Topic | Reading | Assignments |
| 19 | Mon 5/13 | Open MX work session | - | - |
| 20 | Wed 5/15 | Free electrons, specific heat | K: Ch 6. pp. 141-147 | - |
| 21 | Fri 5/17 | Free electron theory, plasma frequency | K: Ch 14 pp. 395-401 | - |
Week 8
| Day | Topic | Reading | Assignments |
| 22 | Mon 5/13 | Semiconductors, optical properties | K: 191-209; AM: 562-570 | - |
| 23 | Wed 5/22 | Semiconductors | K: 209-214; AM: 577-582 | Homework 5 due |
| 24 | Fri 5/24 | Open MX work session & poster discussion | - | - |
Week 9
| Day | Topic | Reading | Assignments |
| 25 | Mon 5/27 | Memorial Day - No class | - | - |
| 26 | Wed 5/29 | 2019 POSTER SESSION | - | - |
| 27 | Fri 5/31 | Phonons | K: Ch4&5; AM:Ch 22&23 | - |
Week 10
| Day | Topic | Reading | Assignments |
| 28 | Mon 6/2 | Phonons | - | - |
| 29 | Wed 6/3 | Magnetism | K Ch 11 p302 (paramag), p 315 (Pauli paramag); Ch12 p321 (ferromagnets & exchange); Ibach and Luth text and Hook and Hall are also good | Paper due |
| 30 | Fri 6/5 | Graphene | K: Ch 18; graphene | |
Week 11
| Day | Topic | Time | Place | Assignments |
| 31 | 06/13/2019 | final exam | 6pm | Venue TBA (Weniger 304?) | all material |
